Eble v. Fidelity Title & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 194, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., June T., 1911, No. 302, for defendant n. o. v., in case of Rose Eble v. Fidelity Title & Trust Company, Executor and Trustee, John W. Eble, Frank Eble, Jr., A. M. Eble, Frank Eble, Sr., and Elizabeth Ida Eble. Issue devisavit vel non. Before Swearingen, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff.
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Appeal, No. 194, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., June T., 1911, No. 302, for defendant n. o. v., in case of Rose Eble v. Fidelity Title & Trust Company, Executor and Trustee, John W. Eble, Frank Eble, Jr., A. M. Eble, Frank Eble, Sr., and Elizabeth Ida Eble. Issue devisavit vel non. Before Swearingen, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. The court subsequently entered judgment for defendant n. o. v. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was the entry of judgment for defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Fell,
This appeal is from a judgment entered for the defendant, non obstante veredicto, in an issue devisavit vel non to determine whether a writing purporting to be the last will of Rosalia Eble was procured by fraud and undue influence exercised over her by her son, John W. Eble. Mrs. Eble was a woman of considerable business experience, of strong mind and of unimpaired mental faculties. She died at the age of sixty-nine, possessed of an estate of $25,000 and left to survive her a husband, three sons and two daughters. By her will, which was executed three months…
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